4 officers shot in Kansas responding to domestic violence call

Four law enforcement officers were shot and wounded while responding to a domestic violence call at a home in a rural area south of Topeka, and a 22-year-old male suspect died of gunshot wounds at the scene.

- BY JOHN HANNA AND JACK DURA

A 22-YEAR-OLD man died of gunshot wounds at the home south of Topeka, Kan.

(Kansas Bureau of Investigation)

The suspect's 77-year-old grandfather also was wounded in the gunfire, but he and the law enforcement officers are all expected to recover, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said.

The shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Three Osage County sheriff’s deputies and one Kansas Highway Patrol trooper were shot, the bureau's director and the patrol’s superintendent said.

Two deputies underwent surgery at a Topeka hospital and were in good condition, the bureau said, and the third deputy was discharged.

The trooper was transferred from the same hospital to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.